

“And I'm not worried about it being haunted. I have my own ghosts. I carry them with me wherever I go.”
― The Guest List
― The Guest List

“With this book, I wanted to pit a man freed from all responsibilities but his appetites against women whose lives are shaped by their endless responsibilities. I wanted to pit Dracula against my mom.
As you'll see, it's not a fair fight.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
As you'll see, it's not a fair fight.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“In my experience, those who have the greatest respect for the rules also take the most enjoyment in breaking them.”
― The Guest List
― The Guest List

“What had been destroyed made what remained that much more precious. That much more solid. That much more important.”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“My husband has no more consideration for me than a dog, she said. He goes off and screws little girls with the other men and we sit home like good little women and wash their shirts and pack their bags for their sex trips. We keep their houses warm and clean for when they’re ready to come home and shower off some other woman’s perfume before tucking their children into bed. For years I’ve pretended I don’t know where he goes, or who those girls are on the phone, but every time he comes home, I lie there in bed beside my husband, who doesn’t touch me, who doesn’t talk to me, who doesn’t love me, and I pretend I can’t smell some twenty-year-old’s body on him”
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
― The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

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